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Andrew J. Young papers
Collection
Identifier: aarl98-005
Scope and Contents note
The Andrew J. Young Papers document his career and family life spanning more than 50 years, including his positions as a minister, civil rights activist, Congressman, Ambassador to the United Nations, Mayor of Atlanta, Co-Chair of the 1996 Atlanta Committee of the Olympic Games, and his involvement with Law Companies Group, Inc. and GoodWorks International. The collection contains correspondence, speeches, press releases, calendars, books, minutes, reports, publications,...
Dates:
1910s-2007
Living Atlanta oral history collection
Collection
Identifier: aarllivingatlanta
Overview
Taped interviews, radio programs, transcripts of some of the interviews, material relating to funding, and background research, of the oral history project Living Atlanta: an Oral History of the City Between the World Wars, produced by Radio Free Georgia Broadcasting Foundation between 1977 and 1978. Topics include Atlanta Crackers baseball team, blues, business, economic conditions, education, Jews, Ku Klux Klan, police, politics and government, race relations, and social life. Persons...
Dates:
1977-1985
Miles G. and Moses Amos papers
Collection
Identifier: aarl088-001
Overview
The collection consists of the papers of Moses Amos and his nephew Miles Green Amos from 1880-1972. Includes Miles G. Amos' school papers from Wilberforce University, personal and professional correspondence, financial records, printed material, newspaper clippings, and photographs. The materials document the Amos' careers as pioneer African-American pharmacists in Georgia, the Amos drugstore, and Miles G. Amos' activities in Atlanta's civic and political affairs. The collection also...
Dates:
Majority of material found within Bulk, 1935-1970; Bulk, 1935-1970 1880-1972 1935-1970
Oral history interviews of the Atlanta 1950-1979 Oral History Project
Collection
Identifier: aarlatlanta
Overview
The collection consists of the 111 audiocassette tapes and 76 transcripts recording oral history interviews that form the "Atlanta, 1950-1970 Oral History Project" conducted by the Atlanta Public Library and the Junior League of Atlanta and interviewed over eighty Atlanta residents between the years 1974 and 1980 in order to supplement existing printed resources in local history and biography from those years. The project was intended to portray the personal observations and expressions of...
Dates:
1974-1980
Whatley and Whatley Construction Company Records
Collection
Identifier: aarl-unknown04
Scope and Contents
The Whatley and Whatley Construction Company Records consist of administration documents (1952-1992) and 38 architectural site plans(1940 to 1987), showcasing various projects across Atlanta, Georgia. The plans include housing developments such as John Hope Homes, Bowen Homes and Collier Heights, as well as commercial and recreational structures like bank offices, stores, bowling alleys, churches, and town clubs. Additionally, there are mine shaft plans, renovation plans, property maps,...
Dates:
1940 - 1992
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- Amos Drug Store (Atlanta, Ga.). 1
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- Olympic Games (26th ) (1996 : Atlanta, Ga.) 1
- Pennington, T. Maurice, 1923- 1
- Southern Christian Leadership Conference 1
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- W.G.M. Club (Atlanta, Ga.). 1
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